Steam-wagon truck.



Patented May I3, I902.

P. H. WHITE.

STEAM WAGON TRUCK.

(Application filed Nov. 27, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PAUL H. IVHITE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO WHITE STEAM NVAGONCOMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, AIIORPORATION OF INDIANA.

STEAM-WAGON TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,860, dated May 13,1902.

Application filed November 27, 1901. Serial No. 83,831. (No model.)

Indiana, have invented a new and useful Truck and Body forSteamWagons,of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvementin the front truck of asteam-wagon, especially IO of the type shown in my application SerialThe object of my invention is to so form the truck and attach the sameto the wagonbody that a fire-box of the steam-generator may be droppedbelow the wagon-body, so that the boiler may not project too far abovethe body.

The accompanyingdrawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is an end elevation.

side elevation. reduced scale.

In the drawings, 4 indicates a front axle, to the ends of which arepivoted stub'axles 5 for wheels 6, the support of the stub-axles beingof any well-known form. The middle portion of the axle 4 is preferablydropped, and secured near each end is a spring 7. Supported upon thesprings is an open frame or 0 ring 8, preferablyrectangular. Carriedupon two opposite sides of ring 8 are ears 9, to

which are pivoted cars 10, carried bythe wagon-frame 11. The fire-box 12of the steam generator 13 projects downward through the floor of theframe 11 and lies within the frame 8, the said framebeing in itsinternal width considerably greater than the width of the fire-box, soas to allow an oscillation of the frame upon its pivotal con- 0 nectionwith the frame 8. By this arrangement I am able to set my boiler verylow in the wagon-frame and at the same time place the fire-box in aneasily-accessible position.

I claim as my invention- 5 1. A truck for wagons, consisting of a singleaxle, and an open frame carried by said axle above the same, the saidopen frame being adapted for attachment to the main frame of a wagon soas to receive a projected portion thereof.

Fig. 2 is a Fig. 31s a plan on a greatly- 2. A truck for wagons,consisting of a sin gle axle, a pair of springs carried by said axle,one near each end, and an open frame mounted upon said springs above theaxle, the said frame being adapted to be attached to the main frame of awagon and to receive a projected portion of the said main frame.

.3. The combination with a wagon-frame, of a boiler-furnace carried bythe wagon-frame I and projected below the same, an open framesurrounding the projecting portion of the furnace, wheel supportscarried by opposite sides of the open frame, and connections between theopen frame and wagon-frame.

4. The combination with awagon-frame, of a boiler-furnace carried by theframe and projected below the same, an open frame surrounding theprojecting portion of the furnace, an axle extending transverselybeneath the open frame, spring connections between the open frame andaxle, and connections between the open frame-and wagon-frame.

5. The combination with awagon-frame, of a boiler-furnace carried by thewagon-frame and projected below the same, an open frame surrounding theprojected portion of the furnace, a pivotal connection on a longitudinalaxis between the wagon frame and open frame, and wheel-supports carriedby the open frame.

' 6. The combination witha wagon frame, of

a boiler-furnace carried by the wagon-frame and projected below thesame, an open frame surrounding the projected portion of the furnace, apivotal connection on a longitudinal axis between the wagon -frame andopen frame, an axle below the open frame, and spring connections betweenthe axle and open frame.

7. The combination with a wagon-frame, of 0

